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WIKI PAGE: CIVIL WAR ERA DUE DATE: JUNE 14th

This will be your final social studies project of the year. You will be in groups of 2 that you will choose. Choose carefully!!!
MOST of the work will be done on your own time. You will need to divide the tasks and manage YOUR time accordingly.
You and your partner will create a Wiki Page on the topic you choose. The Wiki Page must be added to our wikispace:

The Wiki Page must be titled: The Civil War- (Your Topic Name)
The Wiki Page must include: Student Names
1. 2 paragraph explanation of your topic (1 paragraph per student)
2. 6 key terms AND their definition associated to your topic (3 terms per student)
3. 4 links to other relevant websites on your topic (2 links per student)
4. 2 primary sources related to your topic (1 primary source per student)
5. 2 visuals with captions associated with your topic such as pictures, graphs, statistics (1 per student)
6. 2 paragraph summary of how your topic relates to the Civil War Period (1 summary per student)
7. 2 questions ( 1 per student)your fellow students should be able to answer that are related to your topic will be given to me (NOT put on the wiki page)
8. Works Cited- 3 source minimum of varying types: internet, book, enc
Proof read your work!
Must be posted in FINAL DRAFT form on June 14, 2011. Please read the attached rubric.

WIKI PAGE RUBRIC

TEXTUAL DETAILS	Very thorough, accurate info, analysis that reflects understanding 25 points	Mostly thorough, accurate info, analysis that mostly reflects understanding 23 points	Somewhat thorough, accurate info, analysis that reflects some understanding 21 points	Little accurate info, analysis that reflects little understanding 19 points	Inaccurate info, with no analysis or understanding 16 points	NONE
GRAMMAR	No spelling or grammar errors 10 points	1-3 errors 8 points	4-6 errors 5 points	7-9 errors 3 points	10 or more errors 1 points	NONE
VISUALS	Visually pleasing and contains working links, explained pictures, etc. 20 points	Mostly visually pleasing and contains mostly working links, and mostly explained pictures, etc. 18 points	Somewhat visually pleasing and contains some working links, some explained pictures, etc. 15 points	Little visually pleasing and contains few working links, few explained pictures, etc. 12 points	Not visually pleasing and contains no working links, no explained pictures, etc. 8 points	NONE
WORKS CITED	3 varied sources used, no errors with works cited 20 points	3 varied sources used, 1-3 errors in works cited 18 points	2 sources used, 4-6 errors in works cited 15 points	2 sources used, 7-9 errors in works cited 12 points	1 source used, 10- or more errors works cited 8 points	NONE
REQUIRED	1 paragraph, 2/3 key terms, 2 links, 1 primary sources, 1 visual, 1 summary paragraph, 1 question for class 25 points	Missing 1-2 items from column 5 23 points	Missing 3-4 items from column 5 21 points	Missing 5-6 items from column 5 19 points	Missing all 7 items from column 5 17 points	NONE

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